Here are 10 recent news updates on major health IT and technology companies:
1. The FDA is investigating Aid Access, a European telemedicine abortion provider that began distributing medications in the U.S. earlier this year.
2. Allscripts is adding RxBenefit Clarity, a real-time benefit check tool, to its EHR platforms.
3. Amazon released its earnings results for the third quarter of 2018, posting $56.6 billion in net sales.
4. LabCorp, a network of clinical testing laboratories, joined Apple's Health Records project.
5. Athenahealth will reportedly ink a deal with one of its several bidders by mid-November.
6. Cerner released its earnings results for the third quarter of 2018, reporting $1.34 billion in revenue.
7. Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic entered into a collaboration with software developer Eko to create and commercialize an artificial intelligence tool. The health system also entered into a separate development agreement with London-based virtual reality surgical training vendor FundamentalVR.
8. Epic plans to lower fees for developers participating in its App Orchard, an online marketplace where third parties can showcase pre-approved apps that run on Epic's software infrastructure.
9. IBM agreed to acquire open-source cloud software vendor Red Hat in a deal valued at $34 billion.
10. La Jolla, Calif.-based Scripps Research Translational Institute is partnering with technology company Nvidia to apply AI to data from genomics and digital medical sensors.